How Many Police Are There in the United States?
Census Bureau data suggest that the number of police per capita is declining in the United States.
Tag: crime
Violence, Cop Killings, and Things That Don’t Correlate
Police are safer than ever — but why?
By the Numbers: How Often Do Cops Kill?
How many people are killed by police? The numbers are interesting, but not illuminating.
By the Numbers: Methodological Notes on Police Fatalities and Assaults
My inbox and Facebook comments are awash with angry protestations about my article on law enforcement fatalities and my follow up post on police assaults and injuries. This is a charged and complex issue, and there are many different ways of looking at it, so I anticipated this. Here are some notes about the methodology I used to study the … Continued